JUNIPER-BRINED ROAST TURKEY WITH CHANTERELLE MUSHROOM GRAVY
Living in the Pacific Northwest, with our bounty of berries, tree-ripened fruits, hazelnuts, and wild mushrooms, makes going to the farmers' market feel like a season-long treasure hunt. I'm especially rewarded when I stop at the mushroom forager's stand and see a basket chock-full of chanterelle mushrooms. At the peak of the season, I buy fresh chanterelles and use them as often as I can, as in this golden-hued mushroom gravy accompaniment to the holiday bird.
Provided by Diane Morgan
Categories Berry Garlic Mushroom Onion Poultry turkey Marinate Roast Christmas Thanksgiving Dinner Christmas Eve Sugar Conscious Kidney Friendly Pescatarian Wheat/Gluten-Free Peanut Free Tree Nut Free Soy Free No Sugar Added Kosher
Yield Serves 12 to 20, depending on the size of the turkey
Number Of Ingredients 10
Steps:
- Combine the onion, carrot, celery, garlic, sage, thyme, and a few grinds of pepper in a medium bowl. Mix well and set aside.
- Position a rack on the second-lowest level in the oven and preheat to 500°F. Have ready a large roasting pan with a roasting rack, preferably V-shaped, set in the pan.
- Put 1/2 cup of the vegetable mixture inside the neck cavity and 1/2 cup inside the chest cavity of the turkey. Scatter the remainder on the bottom of the roasting pan and add 1 cup water to the pan. Truss the turkey. Using a pastry brush, brush the turkey with half of the melted butter. Place the turkey, breast side down, on the roasting rack. Roast for 30 minutes, then reduce the oven temperature to 350°F. Baste the turkey with the pan juices and roast for 30 minutes longer.
- Remove the turkey from the oven. Using silicone oven mitts, regular oven mitts covered with aluminum foil, or wads of paper towels, turn the turkey breast side up. (It won't be very hot at this point.) Baste with the pan juices and the remaining melted butter, and return the turkey to the oven. Continue to roast, basting with the pan juices again after 45 minutes. At this point, check the internal temperature of the turkey by inserting an instant-read thermometer into the thickest part of a thigh without touching bone. (As a point of reference, when the internal temperature of the turkey reaches 125°F, the turkey is about 1 hour away from being done. Of course, roasting times will vary, depending on the size of the bird, its temperature when it went into the oven, whether or not it is stuffed, and your particular oven and the accuracy of the thermostat.) The turkey is done when the instant-read thermometer registers 160° to 165°F when inserted into the thickest part of a thigh away from the bone.
- When the turkey is done, tilt the body so the juices from the main cavity run into the pan. Transfer to a carving board or serving platter and cover loosely with aluminum foil. Let the turkey rest for 30 to 40 minutes before carving, to allow the juices to redistribute. (The internal temperature will rise 5 to 10 degrees while the turkey rests.)
- Strain the juices, vegetables, and browned bits from the roasting pan through a fine-mesh sieve set over a large glass measuring cup. Set aside and allow the fat to rise to the top. Spoon off the fat. The pan juices from a brined turkey are usually too salty to add to gravy, so I refrigerate it and add it to the water for making stock from the carcass; the juices provide additional flavor and the salt is diluted by the water.
- Carve the turkey. Serve, accompanied by the Chanterelle Mushroom Gravy.
CHANTERELLE MUSHROOM GRAVY
Steps:
- In a 2 1/2-quart saucepan over medium heat, melt the butter and swirl to coat the pan. Add the shallot and sauté until soft but not browned, about 1 minute. Add the mushrooms and sauté, stirring frequently, until the mushrooms soften and give up their juices, about 5 minutes.
- Meanwhile, in a small bowl or measuring cup, whisk together the flour and 1/2 cup of the stock until the flour is dissolved.
- Add the remaining 2 1/2 cups stock to the mushrooms in the pan and bring to a simmer. Whisk in the flour mixture and simmer until the gravy thickens, about 5 minutes. Taste and adjust the seasoning with salt and pepper. Keep warm until ready to serve.
PORK RIB IN CHANTERELLE MUSHROOM GRAVY
Quick and easy using very few ingredients. Hardest thing to find are your chanterelle mushrooms. Serve with vegetables or over rice.
Provided by Janos
Categories Meat and Poultry Recipes Pork Pork Rib Recipes
Time 35m
Yield 4
Number Of Ingredients 8
Steps:
- Melt butter in a skillet over medium-low heat; cook and stir chanterelle mushrooms and garlic in the hot butter until mushrooms have softened, 8 to 10 minutes.
- Heat olive oil in a saucepan over medium heat; cook and stir pork in the hot oil until browned and meat is no longer pink inside, 8 to 10 minutes. Transfer pork to a plate, leaving pan drippings in saucepan. Pour mushroom mixture with butter into pan drippings.
- Stir flour into mushroom mixture until thoroughly combined; mix in water and bring gravy to a boil, stirring often. Season to taste with salt and black pepper. Serve pork cubes with chanterelle gravy.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 566.6 calories, Carbohydrate 28.7 g, Cholesterol 120.9 mg, Fat 40.7 g, Fiber 1.7 g, Protein 19.6 g, SaturatedFat 20.5 g, Sodium 230.5 mg, Sugar 0.9 g
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